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No. 578,565. Patented Mar. 9, 1897.

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. UNITED TATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT E. JARVIS, OF HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,565, dated March 9, 1897.

Application filed August 4, 1896. Serial No. 601,590. (No model.)

To on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT E. JARVIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Huntington, in. the county of Sufiolk and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholder's, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts wherever found throughout the several views.

This invention relates to pens and penholders, and the object'thereof is to provide an improved device of this class by means of which a much greater amount of ink may be held by the pen and said ink caused to flow therefrom regularly and in the desired amount, a further object being to provide a pen-point and penholder, the latter of which is so constructed that the .pen will hold a much greater amount of ink than ordinarily, whereby the necessity of frequently dipping the pen in the ink-bottle is avoided.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which theaccompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is a sectional side view of my improved penholder and showing a pen connected therewith, and Fig. 2 a transverse section on the line 2 2 with the pen removed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at 5 an ordinary penstock which is provided with the usual cylindrical or tubular holder 6, and secured in the lower side of the holder 6 is a supplemental spring-plate 7, one end of which is preferably inserted between the end of the pen-stock 5 and the lower side of the tubular holder 6, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and said spring-plate 7 is provided with an upwardly or outwardly directed pin or plug 8, which projects through acorresponding opening at 9 in the upper side or back of the tubular holder 6.

Immediately in front of the pin or plug 9 the plate-spring is provided with two side wings or plates 10, which are curved upwardly, so as to form in connection with said plate a tube, as shown in Fig. 2, and the said plate-spring is also curved longitudinally at this pointin such manner that a section thereof, as shown in Fig. 2, forms a circle.

From the side wings or plates 10, or the tube formed thereby, outwardly, the plate-spring is provided with upwardly-curved sides, as shown at 12, and the end thereof is pointed and is adapted to press upon the under side of the pen 13 and centrally thereof, and the upwardly-curved sides 12 gradually diminish toward the point at 14.

When the parts are connected as herein shown and described, the tubular portion of the spring-plate 7, which is formed by the side wings 10, presses upon the inner upper side of the tubular holder 6 and together therewith forms the penholder, and I may employ in connection with this device any desired form of pen which in practice is in serted within the tubular holder 6, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and in this operation the pin or plug 9 is depressed by the finger or thumb,

so as to permit of the pen being inserted into position, and the point 14 of the spring-plate [7 presses on or is held adjacent to the under side of the pen a short distance from the point thereof, as is also clearly shown in said figure.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof. In practice the pen is inserted into the ink-bottle in the usual manner and an unusual amount of ink adheres thereto, being held by the outer end of the spring-plate 7, which at a short distance back of the point thereof is substantially semicircular in cross-section, and the side of the pointed portion and the curved 'sides 12 are so formed as to bear upon the sides of the pen, and thus form in connection with the tubular portion of the spring-plate an ink-reservoir.

This device is simple in construction and operation and perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and my invention is not limited to the exact form of the spring-plate 7 nor to the method of connecting it with the holder at its rear end, and it is evident that changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a tubular pen holder, having an opening in the back or upper side thereof, of a spring-plate secured therein, and provided With a pin or plug Which projects through said opening, said spring-plate being carried outwardly, and bein g provided in front of said pin or plug with a tubular portion which acts in connection with the tubular holder to hold the pen, and the outer end of said spring-plate being pointed, and the sides thereof, curved in the direction of the pen, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. The combination with a tubular penholder, provided With an opening in its upper side or back, of a spring-plate secured therein, and provided with a pin or plug which projects through said opening, said spring-plate being adapted to act in connection With said tubular holder, to hold the pen, and being provided With a point which bears on the under side of the pen, When the latter is in p0- sition, and the sides thereof being curved upwardly or in the direction of the pen, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 31st day of July, 1896.

HERBERT E. JARVIS.

IV itnesses:

V. W. HILL, CHARLES S. ROGERS. 

